Wire-reel.



PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM O. BAGKES, OF INDEPENDENGE, KANSAS.

WIRE-REEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 14, 1908.

Application filed July 31, 1907. Serial No. 386,386.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM O. BACKES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Independence, in the county of Montgomery,

State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire- Reels and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to machines for stringing and re-winding wire and more articularly to that class which are supporte on a wagon body and are used for the purpose of taking up or unwinding fence wire, the wagon being driven along as the fence is put u or taken down, and the wire being wounc or unwound, as the case may be. It is noticeable in the present device of this class that the reel upon which the wire is wound is of such length as to extend almost entirely across the wagon body and the crank handle by means of-which the reel shaft is to be rotated is consequently located to one side of the wagon body. This arrangement is very undesirable for the reason that the operator must reach out in order to grasp the crank handle and he is frequently in the way of the wire being wound or unwound. For this reason I have provided a device of this character of such construction that it is unnecessar for the o erator to reach out for the hand e, it being ocated at the middle of the wagon body and the reel upon which the wire is wound is located to one side of the handle and extends across the other half of the wagon body. I have-furthermore provided means whereby the shaft may .be swung to permit the ready engagement thereon of a new or empty reel in case the machine is being used 1n winding u wire from a fence being taken vdown and or the engagement thereon of a full reel under other conditions.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a wagon showing the application of my invention, Fig. 2 is a top rfil an view of the wagon bed and the machine, i 8 is a side elevation, and, Fig. 4 is ,a detail perspective view of the upper end of the machine frame showing the construction of the reel shaft bearings.

In the drawings 5 denotes the side boards of a wagon box and 6 the bed thereof.

The machine embodied in my invention comprises a frame including a pair of vertically extending upri hts one'of which is indicated by the numera 7, and the other by the numeral 8, the upright 7 being secured to the right side board of the wagon body and the upright 8 to the left side board. The upright 7 is of considerably less height than the upright 8 for a purpose which will presently be made apparent.

The upright 8 is braced in the position which it is bolted, the sald brace being secured to the inner face of the side board at the corres onding side of the wagon body. The 11 rig t 7 has its upper portion turned inwar( ly at right-angles, as at 10, thence upwardly, as at 11, and secured by means of bolts to the lower end of the ortion 11 of the frame are the upper ends of races 12 and 13 the former being extended forwardly and secured to the bed 6 and the latter rearwardly and also secured to the bed.

The upper end of the portion 11 of the frame, is of yoke formation, as indicated at 13, and mounted in the yoke for rocking -movement is a bearing 14 in which is journaled a shaft 15, the other end of the shaft being received in a similar yoke 16 formed at the u per end of the upright 8. In order that the last-mentioned end of the shaft may be normally held securely in its bearing, a cap plate 17, is swiveled as at 18 to the upper end of one arm of the yoke 16 and adja-.

cent its opposite end the plate is provided with a slot for the reception of a threaded stud 20, formed at the other arm of the yoke, there being a nut 21 engaged upon the stud. Intermediate the two bearings, the shaft is squared as indicated at 22, and a wire reel 23 is enga ed removably upon this portion of placethe reel upon the shaft it is only necessary to loosen the nut 21 and swing the cap plate around so that the shaft may be swung vertically with its bearing 14. It will also be seen from the drawings and the foregoing description of my invention that the crank handle by which the shaft is to be rotated is readily accessible at all times the said crank shaft being indicated by the numeral 24 and being fixed upon the inner end of the shaft.

What is claimed is,

The combination with a wa on body, of an upright secured to one side of the body and extending u wardly therebeyond, an u right secure to the other side of the body the sha t it being understood that in order to stated by means of an u right brace 9, to

and bent at right angles to extend inwardly and thence bent upwardly in a vertical plane, the upper end of the last-mentioned portion and the upper end of the first-mentioned upright being of yoke formation, a bearing mounted for rocking movement in the yoke upon the said upwardly-extending portion of the last-mentioned upright, a shaft journaled in the bearing and adapted to be rocked therewith, the other end of the shaft being journaled in the yoke at the upper end of the first-mentioned upright, a cap plate swiveled to the upper end of one of the arms of the last-mentioned yoke, means for holding the cap plate in a position to close the yoke and retain the shaft therewithin, and a crank handle secured at the inner end of the shaft.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM O. BAUKES. Witnesses:

FRANK LEwIs, N. J. BAOKES. 

